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Hi Martin, Ryan and Chris,
Thankyou for your input. I think tonight should be clear and still (fingers crossed). I have not checked the collimation on my newt other than seeing my eye is centred when looking at the secondary mirror through the focussing tube. I am using an Heq5 pro with the original worm gears (no belt modification) and phd2 for guiding. Usually my RA and Dec are around 0.25 (first figure shown on phd2) although this was exceeded on the night in question and was variable - probably due to the wind. I certainly exceed 0.65 of the suggested payload for the heq5. I have attached an image where I managed to get a recognisable running man out of my lousy subs.
Cheers Peter (Kanga)
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